Aetna and the Moon - 9780870711961
Un libro in lingua di Lisa Taub Nye Mary Jo (CON) edito da Univ of Arizona Pr, 2008
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In Aetna and the Moon, Liba Taub uses two texts to explore how scientific ideas were disseminated in the ancient world. The anonymous author of the Latin Aetna poem explained the science behind the volcano Etna with poetry. The Greek author Plutarch juxtaposed scientific and mythic explanations in his dialogue On the Face on the Moon.
Both texts provide a lens through which Taub considers the nature of scientific communication in ancient Greece and Rome. General readers will appreciate Taub's thoughtful discussion concerning the choices available to ancient authors to convey their ideas about science - as important today as it was in antiquity - while Taub's careful research and lively writing will engage classicists as well as historians of science.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Aetna and the Moon
- Sottotitolo: Explaining Nature in Ancient Greece and Rome
- Lingua: English
- Autori : Lisa Taub Nye Mary Jo (CON)
- Editore: Univ of Arizona Pr
- Collana: Univ of Arizona Pr (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 30 Aprile '08
- Genere: SCIENCE
- Argomenti : Communication in science Greece History To 1500 Communication in science Rome History To 1500 Science, Ancient
- Pagine: 138
- Dimensioni mm: 247 x 146 x 19
- ISBN-10: 0870711962
- EAN-13: 9780870711961